GOOGLE COFOUNDERS: Here's Why We Just Announced A Stock Split — Google just announced plans to create “a new class of non-voting capital stock,” which is “effectively a stock split.” This is the first stock split in Google's history, and cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin wrote a letter explaining their decision.

The Instagram Deal: A Mark Zuckerberg Production — Mark Zuckerberg, the 27-year-old chief executive and co-founder of Facebook, does not usually play the role of deal maker. — But the social network's $1 billion purchase of Instagram, the popular photo-sharing service, was a Mark Zuckerberg production.

Stuxnet Loaded by Iran Double Agents — By Richard Sale — The Stuxnet virus that damaged Iran's nuclear program was implanted by an Israeli proxy — an Iranian, who used a corrupt “memory stick.32,” former and serving U.S. intelligence officials said. — In the continuing battle …

Apple Fires Back at the Feds, Amazon — Nearly two days after the Department of Justice filed antitrust charges against Apple and major book publishers, Apple is responding. Here's comment from Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr: — The DOJ's accusation of collusion against Apple is simply not true.

Apple Releases Java Update to Remove Flashback Malware — Apple just released Java for OS X 2012-003, an update to the Java implementation in OS X. The update removes “the most common variants of the Flashback malware.” Interestingly the update disables the automatic execution of Java applets …

Microsoft forms new subsidiary for open source, standards — Jean Paoli, president of the new Microsoft Open Technologies Inc. — Microsoft is taking the unusual step of forming a new subsidiary that will work with open-source projects, open-standards groups and interoperability initiatives.

Is Facebook Making Us Lonely? — Social media—from Facebook to Twitter—have made us more densely networked than ever. Yet for all this connectivity, new research suggests that we have never been lonelier (or more narcissistic)—and that this loneliness is making us mentally and physically ill …

How to Fail: Mark Pincus — I'm sometimes called a serial entrepreneur, but that's only because, before Zynga (ZNGA), I failed to create a sustainable company. After starting two companies in the '90s, I had a social networking startup, Tribe.net, in 2003.

New Address Of Foxconn In Brazil: Steve Jobs Avenue — As someone who truly walked the path, Steve Jobs would be pleased to know that his name is being honoured through an avenue that was named after him in the city of Jundiaí, southeast Brazil. The ‘Steve Jobs Avenue’ (Avenida Steve Jobs …

A Boeing phone: Aerospace giant making Android device — Boeing is jumping into the smartphone business, developing a new mobile device - but we probably won't be buying this one at our local wireless store. — The company is working on a secure communications device for the U.S. government defense …